Telecommunications

Telecommunications Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the telecom industry. Coverage includes litigation, policy developments, and deals involving telecom service providers, broadcast companies, Internet infrastructure companies, equipment makers, and more.



Sign up for a 7-day FREE trial today!



Latest News in Telecommunications

  • July 31, 2026

    Broadcast Workers Blast FCC Plan To Nix TV Ownership Cap

    A broadcast workers' union urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap a plan by agency Chief Brendan Carr to lift the 39% national cap on TV station chains' audience reach, saying the proposal threatens local news operations.

  • July 31, 2026

    California Stalls AT&T's $55M Whistleblower Deal

    The long-awaited settlement in the Wisconsin whistleblower case against AT&T was postponed again Friday when the California attorney general's office refused to go along with the dismissal language.

  • July 31, 2026

    Verizon Asks EDTX Judge To Overturn $190M Patent Verdict

    Verizon Wireless wants a Texas federal judge to overrule a jury's verdict that it owed $190 million for infringing a patent covering a way for cellphone calls to switch between Wi-Fi and cellular networks.

  • July 31, 2026

    NTIA Tees Up 4.4 GHz Band For Commercial Wireless Use

    A federal plan would reinvigorate the 4.4 gigahertz airwaves for possible use in 6G wireless development, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Friday.

  • July 30, 2026

    FCC Says EchoStar Can't Use Trust Fund To Pay Itself

    The Federal Communications Commission is not pleased that EchoStar is trying to convince a bankruptcy court to let it use a trust fund created to pay contractors to build its now-abandoned 5G network to instead pay a loan one EchoStar subsidiary made to another.

See more Telecommunications news

Telecommunications

Areas of Coverage

  • AGENCIES
  • Federal Communications Commission
  • Federal Trade Commission
  • U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
  • National Telecommunications and Information Administration
  • State and local telecom regulators
  • POLICY & REGULATION
  • Antitrust, consumer protection, and privacy controls
  • Telecom lobbying
  • International telecom regulation and legislation
  • ENFORCEMENT
  • Surveillance investigations and enforcement
  • FCC administrative proceedings
  • Merger reviews
  • LITIGATION
  • Antitrust suits
  • Consumer litigation and class actions
  • Privacy disputes, including government surveillance complaints and data breach suits
  • Intellectual property issues, including piracy actions
  • International trade suits
  • Fights over telecom regulatory limits
  • Labor and employment suits
  • Shareholder litigation
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
  • TRANSACTIONS
  • Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
  • Telecom infrastructure projects
  • Share buybacks and stock splits
  • PROFILES
  • Personnel moves
  • Profiles of telecommunications law practices

Readership

  • Telecommunications lawyers at top law firms
  • Corporate counsel and compliance officers at Fortune 1000 companies
  • Executives and attorneys at telecommunications companies
  • Information experts at law firms, agencies, and companies
  • Policymakers at federal and state agencies
  • Judges and court staff across the U.S.
  • Professors, students, and library staff at every accredited law school in the U.S.
  • Attorney and law firm marketing professionals